It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Hurricanes on the injury front, but after Tuesday’s practice, Miami coach Al Golden said things are starting to look better for some of the players trying to work their way back into the lineup.

Receiver Phillip Dorsett, who dressed and warmed-up ahead of Miami’s 45-26 win against Virginia on Saturday participated in practice and is expected to see his first action Friday against Pittsburgh since partially tearing his MCL against North Carolina last month.

Golden also said that corner Artie Burns, who injured his ankle against Duke two weeks ago, looked good in practice as did several other players still recovering from minor injuries including Stacy Coley and Herb Waters, who were also injured against Duke.

“All those guys are working in,” Golden said. “We were pretty healthy out here today. Hopefully we’ll be able to continue that here the rest of the week.”

Offensive lineman Danny Isidora, who injured his foot in camp, saw his first action of the season against Virginia and Golden said Tuesday he expects the former Cypress Bay standout to see enough time against Pittsburgh to give the line a boost.

“We need to have more consistency [on the offensive line] and Danny Isidora is going to help [Malcolm] Bunche, [Jared] Wheeler, and that gives us a little bit more depth there and the ability to rotate those guys,” Golden said.

O’Donnell was a two-time All-Big East punter at Cincinnati before coming to Miami and 19 of his 43 punts this season have gone for more than 50 yards.

“I’m struggling a little bit with why he’s not a finalist for anything,” said Golden. “Blame what? The offense? Blame me for not putting the punt team out there enough? But Pat’s a great kid. He’s locked in, he’s very process-oriented. He’s always out here working on his game.”

*Six Hurricanes including quarterback Ryan Williams and receiver Herb Waters, were among those who delivered Thanksgiving turkeys to families at the Greater Mercy Missionary Church in Overtown on Tuesday. Joining the players was Golden’s wife, Kelly and two of the couples’ three children.